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Thr Armwr Murder C^mv
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FRIDAY MUHNINC, NOV. 2i, 187 -
The borne dienwM bed «|>|ie«re(f in Atlnntr. j
Thirty mae* r.'iiorW in ono. Ii vary .t*bb. ’ ,
> iftv t )7r,^ nei^T^S,mrtr^7 n **' ,.„K i Tbfl foxing Wthe 'entim.-nylekcn bofnr?'fli.re.. feei the other.
Jahvkr Hrrmw,
Knwis Httbim.
111.Witr Anxon,
Thoaub It L'l
Y. Co i*. tro.
I knAwdf the othera were or not. The ntkon
i hail iln-tr guns pointed in the door. This
I wuh the goueral report of nil the nogroie. -
l Thoy were exeited end said they Ooul.l not
^lentify nny oRthem. The. Stubbs 1 think
ii£toaet^er, nj^irttfou miles from the store.
The* ehudotv is about two feot one way and
iost.. for the 1*4,1 wf |*n)Uii«e - Liberia
CrtHr,« u ^ Cirmt The persons at tho storo on Satur
day evuuing weM Mr. lluttawuy un.l Mr
t lUe preliminary trial
OoL Jn.V ex-Treasurer of Georgia. , r |f. KnvnfcNH Sin.in fur th* *Sf*ifa 1 1 Stuvuly I remained one hour mid a hull
is a cuudi'UUv for re-election. Keuhau Anuor; miw him lent over in that eveniug. II was a place of resort, the
• * UluHHctH-k, dead. across the river cm the road j road was n public one. Many persons traveled
lending from this piece to Wurrontou. I saw j it I have no why of tolling whether tlieHe
him mi Hntidny morning between day and I were made on .Saturday morning or evening
Kngu>ta doe* not want the circus, to fto
there, hut U tarry the horse disease with it.
tifaoAfcv election thTpoTitical papers, some j *nii up, this wua on last Sunday morning *a I or at night or on Sunday morning. The por-
of them* have gt.m into the ghost ntory bua-‘ w< ek ago. He wan beaten np very badly j hobh that were there Unit evening lived on
itw **, end whitl whopper* they do tell. I about the head and bin throat out. he was j thin hide of the yver. When I “got there on
from Sunday morning I haw the dortr closed. It
was locked on the outside. Tlu* key wuh in
tho door . closed.* Tliq buck window was
hung on little hingoH, opened on the outside.
It wan latched with u hook undstaple. When
1 got there the window was shut and latched,
or hooked on the inside, When Burge came
to my hotiHu 1 saw him alter 1 onme hack to
my house it waa after Min riae, I saw blood
on Barge. it was about his breast on his
, outside of tho house about 12 or If* feet from
Tim Governor* didn’t meet in Atlanta, on ! the door; lie had on no ooat or lint, had on
the lllth. Tho council bus been postponed xrtt{ aUt | he lmd four or five bad outs
on the head, and hia throat waa badly eut.
The More honnu is about 200 yards from the
indefinitely.
Puffed", N. V., uiid vicinity has been hnv*
ing "beautiful auow" nlsiut two feot deep,
The tint of the season.
The business portion of Abbeville* S. O.,
was destroyed by tire on tho 17th iust. Lost,
150,000. Partly inauroL »
The Vsiw I loner. New York, once no fn-
rnoua, hi to be remodeled and converted into
stores and offices
Mr. Willie Onne, of Millcdg* vUB*. was
married on the 11th hut., to .VisH Susie Heath
o Warroiiton.
lien. Ileauregnrd has been elected Adluin*
istratdr of Public IniproveiiieiitM in New Or-
1 jane.
Maj. Benjamin Barron, a prominent citi
zen of .Tones county, died on the 13th inst.,
in the 7Ut year of liis age.
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With nine counties yet to hear from. (tree,
ley's majority, in Georgia, over (Irani is H,-
f>N7; over Grant and O'Conor, 1,741. O'Cmi-
or's entire iota in this Htato waa only 3,H 1(1.
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A severe shook of eerth-«pioke occurred ut
Concord, N. If., on the lHth. Buildings
rsdcsd violently and the shock wus* plainly
▼ sible to people walking in the streets.
-a— -
Oi f roll Lhu hia. - ()ne hundred mid fifty
I river bridge. 1 saw no gun shot wounds on
j Armor, the deceased. When I got there with
! 1113 br.it her there v n np 01 e la • there*. The
! house wus a small grooery, one nvun, one
door, ono window in thn m l oppoaite the
door. Tho house was 20 or .11) feet from the
]>nblic road. Haw on tho ground near where
Armor was lying, broken woapons, or parts.
• of weapons. There wore the fractures of u
i gnu stock outside flic door, and the cylinder
of a pistol inside of the house, f did not
i pick it up however, do not know who did;
' the broken gun st4>ek whs near the door
stejis; they were the fragments of a gun
1 stock. He was lying ou hia back when
I got to him. Saw no wounds but those
. <01 his head and throat Koiim bruises
CfawM.—^OlHfcUhrday I was lmwling wood
for my mother.' It only dri/ziled rain. When
I wefit to >ir. Armor’s tout night he was lying
down. He had been a sleep i think about
an hour before these men camo. He only
talked when spoken to by Mr. lktr^o. I don t
know if lie was drunk at all; he did not stag
ger. He did not act like a man that was
drunk. 1 took a dram. Mr. Hargo cave it to
mo and also to my brothers. We did not pay
for it. I had no liquor before I went there
that night. These men looked like tolerably
sized men. Could uot tell if they were black
or white. I ruu out of the house as soon us
the cap popped. I was looking at Mr, Armor
when the cap popped. I did lint see him
move. ThcTncuWvur spoke. 1 was ut the
store whim ilarfe was playing the harp. Lin
is a pretty goad player. The boys did not
dunce. I was hpt present when they were
playing car.K^Hlat night, I did uot toll Hen
m iy th it thflajAs , <i playing curds that night;
saw no cards; did not say they litidu ditticnl-
t.v. 1 do not know lien May by tliut name.
Knows no boy unmed lieu thut * lives at Mr.
May’s or at Mr. llattaway’s. After I loft tiio
house I never saw Hargc any more until the
next day ft^out 12 o clock at Mr. Kite lien’a.
Don’t know, at what time Hargc came to mi.
Kitchen's. Branch Harrison took Hargc to
the depot, l^was close to Marge; did not
notice any blood"on him; was not close to
him. i run part ol" the way. My brothers
overtook uio about halt way. 1 said nothing
to them. I told .\tr. Kitchens some men. 1
Armor. ‘Ope stood at the door with a gun
know nny of the men who came in, don’t J that the negroes were material wit-
know if thoy wore black or white saw no uHliiit tiiftn irt tin* <*u«e
hnra-M about there. Tho gtln did not tir* 1 ume » *“ W1 ° C -
till they pulled sir. drmor out, Barge sail
somotining 1 don't know wliat it was an<
they tired when he said something, I neve
heard anythin:; said to Marge, he did not pn*:1
him; He had no oont on, I gave him ono. 1
saw a wound on Hargc. Tho third finger of
th** left hand appeared to shot nearly off.
Did not hear Armor say anything about his
money on Saturday. Marge lmd money on
Sunday morning. It whs, lie said. Armor's
Hook, that the money was in. The book
looked like memorandum book. I did not
know tin* book. Do not know that Marge was
out of money. I do not know how long
' Burge staid at my house. There was no
from!turn left HavMiniOi for I.iUrrm <-n Hut- 1, "" Uu K " ,0 ro "' 1 ,ivtr - Tlu- « r "" 11 ''
tircliiv I .Hi, On •.Vrdu-B.lt.v ...me two linn- I W,,H ln "’ U:h “ 1 - u " lr "' k "
ilrnl, inrjuillnn many hmilim. Bullrd fn.,.1 from *!,o lioum t« the rtm.l. *K.i» no truck.
N, » Vi irk for tl.c win. .liKthmlion. Hope ! fromllirl,..u«r lollit- Mini; «.iw no livHli'lionir
tliev won. nil tHilitlriinih. i ,li ' 1 U ” 1 un,<H,h '' Tl " r - "
“'N 1 ' I I .1.1 t.. ll... 1.1., . ... r ||. v
Mrs. Laura Fair demands the pistol with
which she 1 illeil ( rittrnd.m. She prizes the
weapon very highly. Pi rhaps she expects to
u in it again
Kiglit million pounds of Wind was destroy- j
el at the late Boa ton fir*-. Bv the saini- dis- ,
aster Harvard College lost halt 11 million o| J
dollars. Partially insured.
Mr.Wm. Abney died *t ColutnbnwYi lev. days I
since, after t* n yvntb eonfiio merit to bin hod j
I rom intlamatory rlieuiimliHin. .1/nat of Ibid i
time lie was unnhb 1 to move bund »»r foot,
and two \ears ug*» he lost his eyi*aight.
\r» r*» on his face; noticed none on hia irnuicy found in the store. I do not know*
hen Is. Than* was blood in the honsr how many books they kept, one was found
on tin* wall, on the door facings, on the ceil- ' in the store. Armor hud been doing busi
ness there for four days. I think before he
was kill« d. Marge seemed to be in a hurry
to get off, and I hurried him off. 1 did not
want him there id my house, 1 was excited
from what lie told lue and from what the
negroes said, NVh mi lWgc came to my house
that morning I di l not notice Hint Ids clothes
wi re torn, or any marks of violence except
• >u his hands. Ho wore oil his bloody clothes
I think, lie did n »• change them at my
house. His clothes, Ids overcoat, dress coat,
vest and watch were in the itoit' and his imt.
I'hey were hanging up, the watch was in the
pocket ol his vest. 1 took them out and ei
ther took* them or sent them. There was
Moo | on the W'uteh chain, atld blood on the
vest as they hung on the wall. There was
blood I think ou ilurgc'a coat also. The
chain was hanging out being hooked in tho
1 think. The counter,an you go in. 1 1/uttoii hole. The chain was hanging c\pos
tin' back, and lacked alsmt thre* ! »*d to view. 1 heard of the difficulty at about
ing and on the door and tl*s»r. The blood
waa spattered on the ceiling. The veiling
J was 7 or h f. et high. There wan blood on th*
window sill, am eared on the aill an 1 on tin
facing, on the left, hand side as you go in.
Saw none on the groun 1. Saw Homo blood
on trees buck of the bouse from the window,
j The tri es Were one Hor 10 loft from the house,
; the other about 20 fn**t, Thuy were parallel
| to tue river. 1 went to the bridge that inorn-
, ing. Haw shoo tracks: they were going and
returning. 1 discovered hut three track*.
ho raw about there, i’ho gtln lid not tire
till they pulled Mr. zlrtnor out, Barge said |
somotining l don't know what it was and | ed the plttee where Mr. Artuor TP
the cloak from over the face of the man when
ho was pushing him. '/’he-man Mio struck
xir. drinor was tall man but eoniinon sized
around the body. We ail gof.to Mr. Kitchens'
house together. 1 overtook my two brothera
in the corn field about three hundred yards
from the store. 1 saw Mr. liarge the*next day
at Mr. Kitchens' in the big house lying on
the bed, 7’heother two men were not as tall
as the ono .who came in the house, they were
rather low men. Mr. Bargn commenced run
ning when he jumped out; I heard'no groans
I heard another gun. they snot twice after I
got up in tho corn field, that wiu* three tidies
i heard a gun go off.
• (bus.v Mr. Barge’s linger was shot off with
a gun. I saw them when, thn gnu was shov-
oj np. It was a low man who shot, 1 jump
ed out then and Mr. Marge after me. 1 don’t
know wtint kind of a pistol the man had.
Thera were uo words spoken by any of the
parties at all. i saw only one map come in;
there were two at the door. Mr. Barge tried
to at" 1 p l us man ba rk from Mr Armor Thn
one who come in pulled Mr Armor out of the
door by himself Mr Marge never tried to
stop him The rnn who slid Haemal t» sim
at Burge's .heart lb* was iu the door and
sho.c l th? gim up au 1 it shot his finger
The uisn was out i Ic on the groun l near the
stop:* The gnu want otf jnit mn hi throwod
it up, I then run Mr H.u-gf? shut the door
r.s ha w* nt to gat out; 1 don t ;uow f ip lock-
«*i it or not i was not Lo re when Barge 'an l
Armor were pl*ving carls Armor danoed b
vonio Marge imd his ..amt and jacket off wiion
t.iu iuan eouie Armor had on his pant* and
vest and two s urtn He was asleep when the
man come in, and the popping of tho cap
w'ukud him and he oomfiiencad to get up—
Did uot see the face of any of the men; oould
not tell if they were whito or black Tho face
of none of them was oxposod at any tiilio —
it was black covering ou tlie face; it looked
like cloth It coyered his whole body; it
come to his knees Mr Bdrge pushed him
back by pushing him on the breast His face
was not to Mr Margo 1 saw mv Marge the next
day at nr Kitchen s He was bloody ou his
atm his lott arm; saw no blood on his back,
i thought there was, but found there was not.
i saw none of it in tue day or night ou his
back. 1 don’t know which hand was shot.—
Dou.t raw ember which linger, but know one
oi them was shot off. It was a double barrel
gun; tue muz/de was sticking iu tho house —
i Heard two otner shots afterwards; tauy
Is.
•Vo. He had been sellidg goods there about
four dai
was imWi
A Tiu'iuci
OllKob-
r | he lyO»lis\lll«
itself thn sly:
••If \sc luiv* nt got the ‘ Vjiizon/y*’ in .1* ll* r-
son the conjugal rpid. mic is raging pretty
i xtenshely, slid flint’s some consoluti*»n."
Tin Jaw-breaking word, we presume, stands
tor burse disn.se.
( ol. petcrsoli I’li"outt, the papers any, has
bought biin a new beaver bat, slid looks at
least tunny veins vonuger # i»l»d linmlsoiner.
NYliereupon tin Savaiiimb Advertiser inti-
mates tl it » new 1 inbrolln would make tlo*
job complete. -Does the Advertiser mean to
insinuate that t
umbrella ?
fe* t at one end going to the wall. It was open
on the north side, it went to the null on the
south side. The eofiliter was 3 feet high. |
7‘here was n bed hi tlr* bark part. He had ii j
bedstvad; lie t«»ok it down in the day , 1 think
1 believe he slept there. He put it up, I sup
pose, at night. When I went in hint .Sunday
Illuming, the bedstead Was down HU 1 put be
hind the door, as when I saw jt fie day be
fore. 7 here was no blood on it- There wto*
I much blood in the left hand corner and about
j the fioor as you went in. 7 his house as-
1 ocenpied by a mull tiarued Barge. 1 think
j Allen B, llargo. lie ocenpied tho store wit.
Mr. Armor. Had been there since Arana
went into it. (in Friday heard Armor sa\
j that the next goods lie ordered would b» loi
. Armor A Marge. Don’t kn*>w that they were
in pnHuersbii). Marne attend l to the bnai-
t ness, I was there on Saturday looming und
; evening, Mr. lfuttaway and Mr, Slav* ly and
Marge I think were there. I next saw Barge
. at my house ou Sunday morning after I left, \ toer
1 had been at the (Iron, rv: di 1 not sec ];itii i Jo* i
ene o #lo« k at night. I started for the store
and went wit hilt 200 yards of the store und
•idled to Armor and Marge and no one an
swering 1 built a lire and waited till light.
I mi* (he wound on the linger of Marge, it
was n shot l think. I never noticed any
sigh o| a pistol ball iu the house hut piekeil
Ip some blittciv i shat. The impress of tin*
bloody hand on. the window cassing was on
...el ft side IIS volt go ill at the door. It
.•termed as if lnnde by u person passing out.
I’ll" h it hand ol J»;»»v; is th? on. in,un d bv
lH.rrl rrs'nnnt. When I got then* the door
was locked on the outside and the window
sku». There w;rs no blood on the k*\v.
Marge was excited; seemed frightened. The
rest was bunging oil lac south side of tho
kuil.l itlif 1 li.juL WIIM Id.wi.l on to*
■vail also: sum no blood on the watch, but
lid on the chain. The coat was not on the
siiuic nad. it was about 13 or’zff inches off:
1 think, blood on the slioul.b r ol
Air. Armors watch, I think, was
•e shelf, oil Monday, when tliev
th*
F.dH.
id, I hw alt
y\ illimn Auderson, the bank forger, s*i
( ailed, and for soim months confined iu Sa-
ju>1. iinliir. 'l .. K‘""l l.nlur.-.l c"nrtu-
1,1,. i,. mill l.hii I" tnli. n littli* Vi.|U urmiinl
lltc inurUrl ju.. lor t Ii ^ leiiwlit •»1 l.in 11 1111 *
']Ti« fr<^1. iiir w.sho imiKOWll.iK ' V ‘>1-
i„l,i lost til.. Pimstalilo mid Ini' l."l funinl Mill
vet.
Tw n nil I'm jiIh.hI ra|,f W.v Ih-. ii ( (immilt.'il
in HiMi ....niiiy within thr [hihI l. w wI «Kh.
In hutli ciihhkllin ti.mla "•■■■.' n.«nn'S nn<l
tlia nU, ni|.ti>.l vi.dims litll.- «lrlH iilnl-r f..«r-
v,.ura ol aj(.-. J’liri-iitH nii.l j'uiir.lmiiH
hiii.iii l rxiTdlHe ^r. ut ninli.m during Uiohb
tilU.-H Will'll tlll'.lUn il'»> l-IIIK h t U»>HC IIIH.II tho
lacai.f the nirth. Ai>,' i. tin pri.t.vthm fnmi
tin -a dfiiin.'ii'. No fiMimlo sliotlM vnntura
libroad Ulipfot -t. i.
as I M-.-nt down. I went down in rouse j ibun I
qu*'liee of being-alarm.• l by some n -gro.-s j were removiii
saying that there was some fighting going on found, it was n
•lo* n there, and some shooting, l live about -barged in ft 1
a ruile from there. John lldsoii, Vbni Hit- , k«-n bv .Mr. Armor with t
soil and Bee Hilsoti were the n gris'H who Marge n i no d to lil. ed freely
told me <»f the disturbance at the store. I 1 hanging on ;t nail whieU was
staid nt tb.e store half an hour that morning
mi\v nolle of the defendants at that *t iaie, bu
• Mir ho
an I ono behind him, None of them said any
thing. I am friendly with the parties. Don t
Know tile Mr. Bln fibs only as J «uo them and
puss them, i know nr, Camming. Don't
know much ol DeWitt Artncr.
Mr. IteulsMi Armor was lying down with 1
his coat off; liis vest was on. 1 went t^ Mr. |
Armor's store t.hat night at* about one hour
utter dark, ‘-♦'staid tuero until the cap was
popped. ( M^Armor was lying ou the fioor
on the rq^tsUe of the house, ^4 got Up
and cut so:qetiling, but daid cotliiug to any
one. No one eut with him; lio hud something
to eat iu t spider. Whun ho was dona he
laid dowu. • 22a said nothing to any one. I
don’t know if ha waa di.unk or notf did not
seem so. Hg never uykod me wlist I come
for. AYheu.Mr. asked him to get up.
lie said he dm uot Cura to got up. I don’t
know whotjici nr. Barge was hurt or uot. I.
hoard no gun ft.od. .ay biggest brother, Bee,
got up to me tii at. The oilier ono was a lit-
iittle way huhind him. 1 did..uot stop for
them: tucse inou never told mo to stop, i
have talked to uo one about this sffair. 1
was not lunch acquainted with nr. Marge;
have had uo conversation with him since t.iis i so uu ( b»d like a gnu.
diffleiilty; Uevwr saw mi*. Margo bin unco be- i uu .Sciiuuos mvoa.s—i got to tha grocery ut
foro this niglit. j about 10 oclock, /hero wore two or threw
Lke liiuxoN. (•' i!..rol, \ Sworn, • Iaiu about | ^ ndomou about there A thiuk Mr Cuimamg
18 ve^rs old Tom i i ol tor t i.m I am. I was ® VtWi there Mr Armor was there uftorwurds—
at Air. Armor’s groe.-rv th« lught lie was kill- j j uo conversation with him about his
ed, wont there ati r dark with nay bro.hets | )ro thor; heurd uoduug about his offering a
Tom all l John. 'Tuero was lm on • there but rin vard lie said ins bromorwuut to iris house
Mi. Armor and Mi'. Barge. Air. \rin u was j OJI .Suturday and in bis aosouoe liis wile
lying down aside tue hoii.,.*, ait I dr. Margo w one liim a note and ho wont uome and found
was l»y tVu 1 counter. Solution kuouked bt . uih wtfu hud loft houia. He said his brother
tile door whilo w*y#ere tiier • and a disguised j lliU j uiisbohuvud; diduotilutu tue cause; said
mail euluu ill wheti Mr. Marge opouc I ilic i uolmiig of having hud a lignt witn uis broth
door. I doll t know who h*> was ho find on a |
oioak and somethipg o\er liis tiue. No one
ea.ue in with him. 1 rail out, two men wor •
ataildiug nt the door with gutis, botu had
guns. 1 nc.oiK! who cut no in looked and r.u*.v i
Air. Armo'r on the fioor an t snapped nt him
with his pistol. “XT,-. Armor was lying on the
right hi.U us you w.m, in on sou* blankets •
It wua in (In house where the cap was pop.
|x.*d. Bulge whs slat) ling on the left side of
tue door when the man anno iu, John win
in t.ic grocery and ».o wn- 16m. i'oiuutid me
went out the door, :.ir. Barge was try mg, to sell
me and Tom a trim a when this iunu coiua iu.
I don't know w h.it tue m m *lone utter •«*• pop-
pjd t!ic »;ap. I ».w i.. A uior sin t o g luj .
i left, l’uv on* iviiu coiik* in sui i. * k \JapUtm
follow in. ’ l saw Hi • pistol; it w.*s p*)uit« I
at mi*. Ar.unr. My brotnur wivs theu gon?; as ;
spoil a * tiie disguised mall com*' m he rail
out. Nf.i.-n the cap popped Idoii lknow woil I
Mr. Beige done, ito said not,dug. Saw no
gun in ill •House b for»* tin* iunu come in, Mr.
Barge ha * a pistol; did no* * • it that n.g .1.
0u\. it in-uio evening at Mr. iviteueus. xil.
Marge was lip'iv tlitil • v nilig about halt all
A*»i*L r br tiar.is.ni ,n. o, w..
it by Mr. Uh;'<c; Br.meh ii *rrisoii h a black
| ’.uni. 1 ran out of tun’ gro n ry an i we ail
I got til MV, Kitchens logeln.il - , wr 0*«M'took HIV
1 urol.hcr I .Me on tiif* wuy. Saw Marge the
jii 'xtd.y , t Mr. Ki uli'iia; did npi talk t*
non; no '>o,-v ,uikih n *o my uiotiicv: it was i
• thiaa at auout l-oclo;.*. it. \vu.* iiiiwr in l-
j nigiit w.n D i Jell tu.j n r\alary. alter tile cap
| w.n poppc.t, t*i*l Hot ..noa aiy.
John W. Stately, Sworn.—I pinw-
«H
Ht
wliore horsoH wen coming nii.l going.
No uioro than might be expected on
so public a rood.' Tracks don’t dis
appear soon, the ground was rirer
swamp and tracks look fresh for sev
eral days after a rain. Saw no signs
where horses had been hitched on
tho other side of the bridge. I made
uo halt hut went on. 1 live about
two miles from the bridge. I had licit'
heard of the affair till I g6t there.
I ani certain the' linnii was dead. I
was riding. 1 wout witliin ten or
twelve'feet of him; I went to Allen
May’s about a mile from tile place;
1 passed again in the evening, the
bod,y was iu the coffin, and they were
just about to carry him off, I got
dow.n and looked, I don’t recollect,
seeing any horse tracks in the road.
J. I). S It allwood, Sworn.—I saw
Croat.—It is about six miles from
Da Armors' to Catoes. He did not
tell me what the condnct of his broth
er was. That he wanted to take ont
the warrant. Expressed no unkind
feeling for his brother only said lie
thought it Would do him good. This
was on. Sunday morning after the
death of Mr Reuben Armor. He sig
nified that his brother had done wrong
but did. not say what he had done.
Hs staid he said that night at his
brothers or brother in laws. I believe
they live close to aether, do not know
however, said he knew nothing of the
affair till that morning. Said I think
that Kitchens sent him Wortl:—can’t
be positive, if he said he staid at his
brother's or borther in law's, it was
with one of them. There was noth
ing said by which he might think that
suspicion attached to hiui. lb* Armor
can give no reason why in the courts
of conversation he locat'd himself
that night. The statement was vol
untarily his own. The reason he did
«a4 kunr rxf fill* Ikooiirratina itnlil tl. . A ^
Mr. Dewitt Armor itn Saturday, on - not hear of tho occurrence until that
my way home in Glascock County , morning or get thoro sooner was that
He told me “to have no Conversation ; h,-, *vns down at bis brother or broth-
'with liis brother at the Grocery for 1 Pr in law’s. This was given a cause,
if he was’drinking, be was a danger- ] for his not knowing of it sooner.
ous man. 1 might have a difficulty !
with hitii.” 1 told him that 1 did not hast Week’s Cotton Figures.
* #-
care to stop with his brother. Ho
said his brother was drinking that
evening. This conversation was to
wards the shadeffbf the night. Tips
conversation waZk Dewitt Armors.
I was on my way from Lawson Kel
leys. He .did not tell me that Hell
would be to play thero that night
and not to stop. I was feeble and
could hardly rirte. I know that I have
related the conversation, as it secur
ed and I did not* tell Ketcheus or Mr.
HawkiiiH otherwise cither.
Croat.—Mr. Dewitt Armor spoke
to me as a friend and I took him at
his word and never stopped. 1 never
spoke with Ruben Armor bnt twice
in my ilfe to know him. I stopped at
The Financial and Commercial
Chronicle of last Satin-day gives the
total cotton receipts of tlie seven
days ending last Friday night, 15th,
at 110,010 bales against 130,705 bales
last week, 1*20,465 bales the previous
week, and 113,148 bales tlivee weeks
since, making the total receipts since
the 1st of 8cptemlw3Kyl7‘2, 887,5HK
bales against 0(1(5,f(Off bales for the
same period of 1871, showing an in
crease since September 1st this yeas
of 2‘20,080 bales. Tlie New York mar
ket during tlio week was fluctuating
and unsettled with a nett decline of
a quarter up to Monday, which was
recovered on Tuesday, Wednesday,
, and Thursday, under the stimulus of
Dewitt Armors to open the gate to j t ], e H^ht receipts, and closed dull on
lead through; ho was about 10 paces Friday night with the advance bare
ly maintained. The Boston fire the
increased estimate* of the incoming
trop—the -cavy movern ‘litsofspi oie
4
from me, when 1 opened the gate. I
do uot recollect talking with Mr.
Hawkins or Mr. Kitchens about the
conversation. I had with Mr. l>.< Ar
mor. 1 was never iu Ruben Armors
grocery iu my life. 1 went home that
night and slept there, near where
Mr. Kitchens lives. I did uottcll Mr.
Kitchens .or Mr. Hawkins that Mr.
Thu bmly Wfc. lying liiuru l.mw uoluiug
iiiiiuuni in nr Du V'ill .ImuoTh uppourauoe;
hu Aj.puiiraU U> lmta it; ilia nut nm-<i uny
iu^iutius in my prenouu«; » lurgn crowtl hu.l
iiHnoiuhle.l ut taut time Mr Uiioy spoke ol
Humr !I’.,.:i.m uud sm.1 no would m.eatlgiiU) —
I lmd hat tittlo couvemutiou with ur .Iriuor
J large w.n. ut liitu.iuu k wliuu 1 tint miw uiui;
i j.. . i.ir.ood Huopuraiiou ou him, iimputwtiug
the diet joiat ol'the tuird Huger ou the lull
huu.l; aootuer li.igor »iu wounded; tnu lit-
ii • ,ui n er wuh Ktrucii witu uhIhW. itr -lrmor
came to hie deutli from tho wound* rocuivud;
u.id iivi! wouude of loo uotid, uud hiH tiir.ml
won out 7'oore wuh h wound ou his ooill,
i.hihim Uku tiro Ht.iO of » Kuilu i ho wouiuIh
.ii i io „end wore, 1 think, Irom toorr iippcnr-
uu ’0. producud by too Iook oi n guo or pixtiri
i ntro were uo gnu snot wouu .h ou him—
th- ;m I .>u uo cout; ho nnd ou pnuU, 'ont uud
mo HUirUi. into oi thorn e kuil under mint
/ net. wore uo wouude ou too body 1 did
nut g'u to thu ortdgo i.tet dtty Mr ,-lrtuor, Mr
i.o v mid Mr otiuioutig tiro nil too dcfeu.iiitiD
I i.-.Oom.ioi'ttiotug in tno plnoe tout day. .or
in itut . 11.not wio> uootit tlieruwlt.n* too iu-
I it’ .hi witHhold, lenw hroltiu (ragm-uu, ol *
. oi Ivmg Hour tne tnoy were louud
i i i ,.ioitod up a ptooo tuyeolf.
. , I do not know wlmt cuiivorHittion
o.. driiior imd wito otitur pnrtiaN. Ih i In-
i| iii .l tvu-.neld.iiaho.it looulook
Mu. II. H. Hawkins, swoiin.-x , hiJ V)(1(Ja 8()mH vai „ ,, irlv in
was uetiug as Coroner at the lu- , • . t I saw uo fresh tracks
........ t l*m» l.i.ilv-i.l XI 1’ lfj>lllw»n :
toLuropc ami apprehension nT ;t gen
eral monetary stnngcney were the
ideal bears of the week.
The interior port operations for
the week were, receipts 35.-171,
... „ .. ... . .against .TJ.tMl the corresponding
Armor told me Hell would bo to pay w((f , k i, 1Ht Vl!iu . Shipments 30.158,
at the Grocery that ni ght. n^ainst nml nfneks on Inuul
H. H. Hawkins. Recalled. -1 went i;.|y2fil, against 63.(1*111. There Imre
back after my books, it was about 11 killing f ( , 1H ts et.-rvwl,eie. The
e clock. Mr. Small woo, 1 overtook me i IU ,. rf .,|,. v averaged si tit mm si Clmr-
a qua. ter of a mile from Mr. Kite i- ^igtv-three at Sfscon.sixtv rt
ens . He sanltliatDe. Armor tolU > cv.luml.u*,. flftv-ni.,*- at Savannah,
him (Smallwood) not to stop or ha . fifty-five at Seliun ami sixty-four at
might get iuto a hull of a row. **f . Hiintgonn r.
said that lie (Smallwood) could not
blame a man if one tried to force bin
wife, he would fix him too. I know
Mr. Smallwood well, Ho was drink
ing and when so, talks loosely Imt I
think lie knew what he wassayiugto R ny substantial increase or reduei ion
mo ’ , „ M _ . in the eousumiitiou of e >iloii as n.
\\ II.MAM KucilENh, S-woi-n. -1 n,n : eousei|Stenee of thr Boston lire. !-
The visible supply (able foot., tip
1.11113,1 lilt, against I.sd'.I.O'iI bnl-s
last year showing ail inerease of IU,
145 bales.
The (Jhi'oltielo does not look fin-
half brother:of Charles Kitchens.
1 went witli him oil Sunday morning
to where the body of Mr. It. Armor
j lay. Got there about light. There
;/mp if 1 .1/i-w
The cotton mills of the. South e m-
suniod Iks) year l - Ji),U0il bsle-t of eol-
ten. In H70 their I'ousuniivtion
if\t Book with pursoiiH
s. Tins hook NVIIM t.i-
s pMuls, Mr.
The vent wab |
I think, uliont !
five I'm t IVoui tin* lionr. Saw no Blooil on |
tin ln»»»k that liiKton.'tl tho window; al>un- j
saw at th? pluc? during th** lay Mr. Armor.
Mr. Mil*y . lid Mr. ('umiiiin^. Mr. Mil*-;. Hv**l
7 t»i’Kjidli?s I'roin thorc. Cuiiiiuin^ li\« J or
miiivs lYoiu thf'rc. Mr. Armor lix*•«! aBout ’i
mili'H jr*u:i tlicr**. Armor a Brother of d»>
i'i'a-'d: lliB*y is a Brnthri’dii-law. Hciirl
Armoi h!«y that if B* couBl find out who kill- •
•••l his Biv*tB»'r ho m»oiB1 |iiuK<.cut«? him. 1
J)i»n’t i* rueniBor liis sa,\inx onyti in;; a I *#uf 1
«»Ll* iinvl » r« \.avd. i linird him spcaU of hie
Brothor and said In-thought of ta’iijt; out a,
p«'a«'«' warrant f**r Ida Broth* . thr day Brlorr,
and di 1 not any what for. lit- was talking. 1 '
think, to Dr. Scrubs. I saw Barg** idMiiit i»r ‘
alter sun ri: *•. He wan at m\ house when I '
Bark. 1 h» ut him off; the ne^na* who
-arrir 1 him said h»* ut-nt B> Warn-Dton. 1
d<» not know when In- left my house. Mr. 1*.
Armor was an intemperate nun; ho whs ;
Buret. 1.think they were Both drinking win n
I left tin rn on Haturdav rfteruoon. 7’hry j
wrrr friondly; they atr together there iu the
little house, and suppose tin y slept there.
7’lie Bottom of the window is I feet from the
fioor. 7 he windowK nBout (• feet from tB-
qrniuid. I never imaKured it. 1 don't re-
inemBer saying anything to Mr. Miley. D*» ^
B *.!!»•
•t Idtwd where the
sonic on tin *-hips al •• alstiit
urd s\ nij;:it was n dark ni
I saw w ere tr- sli tracks, I saw anoth< r lr.*H .
one *4*»iii;; in another direction, it wen o ;t
t*M*avd the I'ulils; o|j the main road each
side was a putk , one ««f flic80 tracks was in
the road, tl.e otln-r turned in tho path, But J ,il1 ^ D-m. n
purti. s i-ottlil him. | 1 •• 1 ll "‘
ai l not t dt it tli *y wore, muck or wlut?;
don i ku*»w wnat Kin i -i ^un* the ni«*n had;
saw no ImrsCM hitciiv'd uBout l-hciv; did not
know any of toe parties tout conn* llmro;
from too lim • l yo* tiie.v tali i left; Mr, A.-
iii -r ;; \[ up and <at nis supper, Mr. Far^e
oat .* poiec of meat win Bin; Ar-ior t!i.*n
laid vtowu a^uili; a- Hpo.vv v ry »i:11«•. I did
not hoo Bun dr.uk. 1 drau.v ono tlrniu, so
li t my Brotoor*.; did not hoc xir. itur^o drink
,, “ ,l,a lutilu Itf 111- IlHIlllHll i U, B“* Df'uiK. i nun uw IH KII mi. -r. gjntmiltecl t«i 01,000, ami in ) SG1> (
quest upon the hotly ol All. Reuben . f h()rftt , s between the store nml the 8 0 (HKI bales TIu-m.-
Armor, in Glaatwock coiinty; I reach- j brid g ((j thore wm - c mmu oU nu.«. 1 ’ ‘ '
etl tlie place at about 10 o clock. there. Saw some fveali track of hIioom.
! 1 ' lV “. S ! > : 1 ^ 1i®““ m ti!“A 11, went beyond the bridge. 1 saw rttp idly recovering from the evil cf-
lig'livs h< > -
_ colton iiisn
k of shoes, uhvcinriiig interest of the South is
, - . IX went oeyoua tnu uriugo. 1 saw ni ni ( ll v teeoverinL' from the e
possession, found tlicin thoio, they | w ] lere j( appeared that a horse had i foots of the war notwitlmtanilirer
were given to me by Mr. Kitchens. ; ^ ( ,„ u qi u( j to n i„ m ], lin( i etaiupeil ; the blighting inflimnee of l'nli-ral
(Kxnibitod m Court, bv f*io witnesa - Hroluu i. [ t wns tt o«iut 25 foot from j interference with their local affair. .
peiees of gun stock with blood on I the i, r idge. They were fresh tracks.
says that
near there
...ly wuh fiiiin i Ut i ui.v iitniiu!.-..; ini imt itu.i-ii-. iiitfgviiniik iui s m r ,nu n«..v» ...... ......... | tne linage. I hey were fresh tracks,
,s,,i'. I lll, .vt.. | ii.. ,; mi- ihi.g.- aliijo-l t.iu inu-jt u Intiu one peiec, the. cyhudev of a pistol . Ultt ,( 0 ,tf tel . the rain, I think. Tliev | The Griffin News sac
•lu. The ‘truck.,! WUH i" 111 »• B?* -) ^ Al»«.V bo ‘ | looked so to me. I did not go in the j certain individual living i„-„,
fore the Inquest. \\ hen L gt)t tlieio s torc wlu n I first went there, but 1 . is so very absent minded, that n few
.Mr. Armor and Mr. It) ey wore W eut iu among the first that entered.j nights sinet 1 he put his dog to bed
there. Do not roinemlier seeing ei- U|, H store. The door was looked; I anil kicked himstdf down tie' -Isirx,
milking
T*io>iah ilu.LHt v. x i ’.ilnrril., Sworn, I wiu»
nt Animr’N j<r*H'»*ry tm niyi.t Bu wan killed,
1 wunt tlu'vc ;*1 wot luti* an hour after dark,
my two Brotli. va But* UiliMMi nml John ilill-
tin w eve witli in *, T.iuru wuh no one thurc
two or till*'*' mmnloM ni’fur i iuft.
('nat'.-tlk Uai;-;e was ut Mr. Kiuiirii*.
half till hour h.v anil, 1 saw him tiim-t?, In; and
a pi tol wish In id, wan in cnUH’.iltut'i'U will
B.an?li UarriM*u; DraiiCu hoo ve.l it mu
on. wuh pros ui, nu -jav*<
da t«i :*rr. Ba.^u aisw showing ii
(«ius, mu wuraail togotuui. 1 did not h-.*c
Mr. Bar^u j/ivu the pimoi u> Braneo, But k*i\v
BruUaii xi* • it Buck. Bran. ii UriTiHnti.
Goor^" K t'.h?iiii and tlinde AiL.iony livn nl
Mi. JuIu.iuiih; in* an t Ant.may wuru not
pr«‘H' nt. Don't know that Bur^** i^a.u Br.iimh
a ^*»Bl waii'li tr# ciku him to \Vnnvu*uh: Intiu
in>t fiuen Biuiumi witu a wai^.i ol any sort.
tlior of tliu Mi'. Stubbs there. Did
not hear Mr. Armor say that it was
an awful tiling, but said he did not
think that any ono owed his brother
ill will sufficient to treat him thus,
lie did not speak of offering a re-
tho key was in the dour. Haw no ! ami didn't discover liis mistake until
blood on the key. I saw a pistol iu j he tried to yelp,
the house, lying behind the counter j — . — - ... .
on a shelf or box; it was loaded, it I
was behind the counter. I never saw i
the pistol before; 1 saw a pistol cyl- \
Cullen Harlti'L
K\m»k:;sViu.e. Nov. 3i. Our mutko Ban
Lean quit# aofi/b Minin* otir I tM r*port; **B •-*-
\\y K : firm or on a luisi* of 17*, !*»• :n Bid I .
Tknnu.u:, Not. til, 1872. • (Vil.m .111*'
a uiarkul inaoiivitv prevailed iu the uiai’ ;*«r.
But Arruor and Bar;,'**. AVt* Htaid then* until i l don’t know a black iii«u n.i:ucit li*»n .da;
W iisliliiiEloii llisllllll**.
The 1-all Term "I tlie »*Mive Itiglt hi-U.iuI
i-loh.-tl un rritliiy lilglt* ft*, "tilt an fit It'r-
titiuitt'-itl in ilc-rl»)tii*li"ii. rt iitliiih’ «f ftattl't'-
Hitioii, must.*, tiiut a Ut.-rary tttltlresit Ity S. ti.
Jonliili, K*q. 1 lesjti|.- lilt' tlUVleilHiiUtly Cttl'l
cviiuiltg tlie HimriotiH tiha)»til waa well filletl
with it Tlellgltli'il tiiltUi Ui't'. The |iii|tilH at-
ig.tilletl thi'iuH. hi a with great Ort'ilit I" till
eiine.-r lit al. The jtimig tleulalnit-rH were di-
\idud intu eUsst-H, uuittlior line ltt-ing t'utii-
jHwe.l ni' the stuiille«t nml nnmher Uvo'd tlie
largest boy* in seh'iul. A -prize Wuh uffered
I., ,-aeh eitiHH. In Kt ' lasH the prize wan
iiwartlfd to Master Ituxtun Trturiek ; ill lid
. lasH, to Master .lease Traw i.-h ; llrd elans,
Master Maury Hitehritek; -nil elass, Master
.luhti L. Harper; '.Hi rlaHs, prize slmred l>e-
lu-e.-n Mesara. t'liftun A. Atltini, M*ll I.. Dug
gan ami J. Q. A. Jordan. So e.intiUy match,
nt were tin’s.’ j-.mug gentlemen that it van
decided t» award the prize tonll.
The "iris were arranged in like manner, traek. were not of large si,..e,
the smallest coming that. The let prize was think, was alsmt .. No ni.
awarded lu little Miss Nolle IU.he.ts; ltd, Ut j moment to his broil,e
nin o'tdotdv.or tl»< *r .'.Bout; aftor I got there
sum*' am n i'uiom ther*'; 1 *lo n*»t know who
they were. The on** who camo in, l.a.l a
rlri.Ic over liiH frier, it looked like n cloak;
when lie mine in tlie tloor, he popped a cap
at Mr, Armor, who wa.* lying Beside the door
• .ji tB** right hand aide as you go in: Mr Barge
wan htaiuling on thu left side of the door in-
hi*lt ; he was there Before the others conic in,
Thh* ia tho man who popped the my. Mr.
Armor »>r Barge suit! nothing; I ran out; the
doff t know any on - iiuiuud Ben living '-I mi*.
.days or linttavvaya.' Never lived on thin
side oi the river, yuih.noi tharu .it LUa gro
cery wneli they M'tnv t »i.iying nara.s, •s.*\\ no
cards, imnt know many iwgmu** m fiit.s
c-mnt'.v on luissi.u.oi too.rive *» *ig an 1
Armor appeared very.lii*/nd»y. i *'e»n v r«c-
oih'Ut iiow Burge was di’MHHCU, .oh cout as
od, don’t rucollct't lutimli tue vchL, di t not
sue hi« watch. Air. Armor uud on ms si*»t
hut coat off’. Tiiu m^n outsi ie Ham not..mg
to me as 1 went out,'tnoy did tint try to Htop
me, they Were right ut tlu door; one w.m
popped tpc cup was a sumu man, Dial
ward or of limiting au i n vent i gat ion. | j, lc j 01 * on tho floor near a trunk ; miw
It was grnoral talk that thaso three j 8om(j broken |HHce» of a gun atoek : a mark©l iimuiivitv prevailed
negrooH W(*iii IItore ; do not know. oll jhe floor near the do'ov near where ruobived at this point j7'J BuB h dmiug
that Mr. Annor knew that tho n«-1 tho cylinder of the pistol was. I ‘l'* T? PJ***' '*'•' <•••!*-
grocs wore prcaont; J can t say that ■ wus the, - o when Mr. De Witt Artuor w'qh ths Isl.'d' .7 »t KuVe: t,. it;! '
Mr. Armor knew about the negroes was fcbore, it was between 7 and B' Market olo^nn firm at 17 fov Hii hliing. with
bring thoro. Mr. Kitchens was there
and saw thorn talking together, don’t
know what ho said to him. Mr. zVr-
ntor nor any one else offered to pro
duce any witnesses. I think I heard
Mr. Armor inquire where Jiarge was,
o’clock or there about. I did not
Hue Bar-e there but saw him after
ward. There were some fragments
of a gun stock on the floor ami some
out of the door on the ground.
Croat-—It was on .Sunday morning;
not ivsi' Uil’i'l- niuit Mr. Cnmmii.u -ni'1 tImt 1 "tlicr two 11u.11 were slunilili" liy tho iloor on ] slcu.tcr liy.lp lii.tw Itruucti xhurisun
day. Armor, tiuumtiig un.l It 11 --y staid, I ; tlie ground; 1 CIO ill not si-u. it they hud
thiuk. ‘til tin- body of Reuben Armor was
but t am not certain. I did not 'go ; £ saw fresh horso tracks, fersuusof-
to the bridge, went uo further than i ten tie their horses there, consequent-
tho grocery ; when I got there, there Jy the ground is sometime* much eut
un upward Dift<B-iiin.
Macon, Nov. 20 Kv« Mark*.! clostd
•'troii" at 18 lor middling.
Ai'oiwta. NcivoTubar 20 murl.ef
(fuiat; mitBllm^a 18(*/vl8 j.
Kvvamnah,- Novt*iub»r 20 (!«m*>n market,
firm: good ordinary 17?; low mhltUingH 17^
(c,BS; middlings 18\\ sales Kt*>'hOM/iffl.
cloaks on. Mr. Barge was trying to null mo |
removed. Thr inquest van held a Bout 12
o'clock «»n Sunday. The Magistrate who held
the inquest lut, the eylin B r of the pistol ami
the frugim iil* ol the gun. I saw no tracks
'till 1 got ffo yard* from filestore; then l saw
threw trucks. 7’lmre was nothing peculiar in
the tracks. 71ie heel iff «»n*’ wus Bust 1, ho
was the sole. Another was narrow. 7’iie
a trunk, when the man came in. There was ! .horses hitched nt Mr. Armor
a cj’iuilu in tho grocery on tlie counter. I John Hillson, .■>
Win.. I got ,mt I kept running, I waited for ' k ‘“»* Uow «*‘ l “’.*• ^ oUo '
M > , | or Hi years old. 1 wusai .ut.
id* on* ; 1 think it was about nine oolock j 0Cl .y w*u> «iuo,i a
wlicii I left; I drank one drain that nigiit; i i ter dark wifu iny brot.i r.s uji
Kitchens'\oi\t nift.it, Ucoiye was time, nii.l . * , ‘ fl \ ii v „ nl . - hiimWl nor I J t B u , “V ! If I In county, by K. ft. I r
so W..H■uii i u r AiKiionyi,wo uai* laom mi aaj ; seunity-hve oi a huiuliefi pci- U p # .j. oan t 8 ay positively that 4be j. p %t on thdTJth inst.. Mr. Da’Vu.'ij,
told thi'iii .Vt.iit .ilu.t -iiappcueti. hu-.v no j sous present. I here were no wit- i tracks were froali ones. Tracks marie j *u,l Mias 8*i.rje Mii.i.s. alt of sai.1 cio.i
nesses sworn at tho Inquest. 1 ! j n SW mnp mud are not so easily put
i ,iheard Mr. Kitchens say he was the : oll ( ilH jf made in the sand. I can’t
say positively when the tracks were
MurHoiT.
In Wmdiini't.iu uounty, by V. H. Tiawiel,.
Y AT tar.
oounty.
did not st«- Mr. Arffmr drink anything or
Mr. J large, while I wu/. there; from there I
wuit to Mr. Ivitidu iiH, I got there with my
on*- iff’ thcin.l j Brothers, we all got there togetlu r; I did not
• he ,
asked me how come that? This was the sec
ond time I went there: it was about H o’clock.
He said Be wnuid prosecute the party that
done it. He asked me where Burge was. I
told him he was gon*\ l.thought Be was But
I do not know that he wus. 7here were ne
groes iher*!. 1 di-l not .sc** oitlicr of the
Stubbs there. Mr. DeWitt Armor was there
at the InquuHt. Do not think that there were
comparison. Froqnent and prolonged »p- ! any witueshcK sworn at the In.[Uest. i saw
plumm nvg‘*d the speaker on in his tliglitK of Blood on tlie window sill; it appeared to Be j hand aid**, Mr. Armor was lyiag dowu aside
cBh uen<**" from the print of hands. It huh also on the j the house on the right side as you go in; I
The address concluded,,Mr. Jordan grai'e- ; easing. 7’here seemed It* Bu on the insitlu of j don’t know if he got up or not when tho cap
lully iMresnutod the priz**« to the siioeessful j tho door au iinpruHs iff' tlu*Bund; one finger | wan popped, I ran out. The cap popped, 1
competitors, The entertainment cloned and I appeared larger than thr other*. The uo- , think, .was from a pi. tol. My Brothers were
nil retired feeling glad that they had Been j groes run up to my house. I wus asleep.- ; both in the room. One was near Mr. Burge
Privileged to Be fh* re. | They said the Ku Klux ware down at the ! end ran out vwth
Mishos Claudia Boyer and Ki/./.ie Cumming;
di-l. Miss M. A. K. Vfalker; 4th, Miss Flor
ence Archer. Tim Valedictory of Miss Dora
(Bill* more was touchingly Wuntifnl.
S. 0. Jordan, F.kii„ of Bandursville, Being
introduced took ns Bis aubject “Ambition.”
'f’lie atldrt ss was worthy the occasion and
the tolentid young orator, llcpletc with
’tlirilling historical facts, illustration and
After De Ar- sleep that night. I could not see thu pistol
ic to no* an ’ that wins popped; tho man in the door hml a
gun, don’t know if the one behind him had
ohe or not. 1 novel* saw a gun at Mr. Ar
mors, was never there But once Before; did
not u**c Mr. Barge or Armor have a pistol.-
Don’t know what Becomt* of Barge alter 1 left,
he was in iide when I run out. Thu door
was locked when these men came, Mr. Bargo
opened it. They knocked ut the door and
ho opened it, nothing was said when they
knocked at it; the door opens on the right.
Within our knowledge there are bnt few, if j store killing Mr. Barge ami Mr. Armor, 1
uny, loi-iiUtiis more ileslnihle tlmn Linton i liven mile from the pluee. This wus shout
for edui-ntiopiil imt]«ises, I'nsuriuiHseil nny on.- o'slook in tin- inoiiiiii!?. 1 hey mill that I
when; in [mint of health, frm lr..iii tin- vices > there wus three of them; one of them, they I
uiui illuremeiits of town or city, tho best so- ! suiil, wus ais K iiis.-.l. Thoy iliil not know if
ciety uud with tei«'her»*eo»»'l t" non", ttlmt i the others wore or not; only one hud uit.-r.-d
,iu, r .. .-I’tlM he desired '! J win n they left. He was disguised. Did not
Thu otjiur waa Behind
the counter. 1 left him thoro. I went otruight
ty Mr. Kitc:i. n'n. 1 left about ‘.I o'clock. It
is a mile to Mr. Kitchen's. I think it wuh
about midnight when I got to xir. Kitchen’s.
Mr. Burge had his coat off', i heard no gun
liicd. Mr. Barge had liis vest on; 1 am cur
tain of it. It was a dark Jiight; rained j icut I ran down the fence and down thu riiui
throughout the day.
one wus. there but Mr, Burgu itii l .aimidi.
xir. Armor was up when I goi Uicvu st/*n iing
in the door, Mr. Barge was sundnig m m-
store, Mr. Armor sat up uw.ulu an l tuun
laid down An l went to sleep. He iai i on t .
right siu^.oftuu aoom as you go in. rtr.
Barge gave us a dram after \vc staid an uouiv
Mr: Barge played the liarp un.l izou und m».
Armor aanoed before he laid dowu. Aliur
w*) had been tiieru houiu time so.uc one
knocked ut.lhc door and *ir. Burge open*.'* it
und said, “Walk in g* nticmui/ and u man
Walked in disguised- He had u cloak over
his face, and poppfcd a cup at Mr, Annul, and
lilt* r tuat-ir. -Ai^aor-bognn' to got up. l'wo
men were fit the dfior, Both ua*l yuna. i’oe
cap popped w Us frou'i a pistol. Mr. Bargo a as
on the left side of the door, lie nor mi*. Ar
mor never sniff anything, uud Mr. Armor got
behind Mr. Bargo and tlie man with tnu pis
tol hit him over the head four or live timus
with tue pistol. My two brothers had left,
Mr. Burge kepi shoving him back, to keep
him from Mr. Armor: he. struck Anuor and
then took, by rvio bauds anti wrists and drag
ged him to the door. Ho tried to pull Buck
but said nmfiing. T jumped ont ol the win
dow, Mr. Burge after me 7'hoy shot in tue
house and idiot oil Mr. Barges linger, 1 could
see them, wus a caudle in tiio room, it was
stuck on a plunk ou the counter I was about
b leet from barge when he wus shot, I heard
the gun uud 1 jumped out und 1 saw Barge
jump outright Behind me. There was a keg
first ouc*. there that morning ; do not
know if Mr. Armor knew it or not;
Mr. Kitchens slated thu negroes
brought him the news of it. The
orowd- flocked around him and lis
tened to his statement. Mr. Riley
and Mr. Armor wore on the ground
but do not know that thoy were in
! the crowd and heard him or not, I
made; they werfi there. Never saw
horses hitched to that bush. I seen
them often tied to trees below there.
Have seen men come there on horse
back to fish. 1 saw no shot on the
ceiling, saw some on the floor, bat-
tenl and sin iked, looked as though
they hml been shot. They were the
am of the opinion that- they heard i „j zc n f BBs, next size to buck shot
j it, but can’t be positive. I did not
know that the negroes were present,
'but heard it. Did not know it.
' Croat.- -I do not- remember that
Mr. Armor said to me to send for
Barge as a witness; he might have
done so, but 1 do not recollect it. I
did not know where the negroes were.
I did not pay any attention to Mr,
l)e. Armor’s clothing on that day, I
think lie had on a black coat, he
[ saw tho fragments of the gun stocks
I saw some in the house, about three
or four pieces. Some of them were
three or four inches long, saw some
outside, Several in number; oue of
them was about four inches long, did
not see them in Court last night.
(The peiees and pistol cylinder exhi
bited) Think I recognize them; one
of them I saw inside, I think this is
the pistol cylinder. But there were
three more Cortridges than there is
now. They were exploaded, some of
generally wears a black one, did not
notice his pants. Do not know that
Mr. De. Annor heard any tiling about [ them was loaded,
the evidence of these nbgroes. I- ' 1)RScnutios Recalled.—Mr. Ar-
don't think he knew anything about | mor told me he had started down to
it. Mr. Armor seemed sbooked at | Mr. Catoes cm Saturday eve.,ing to
mtit bi-Uinit me. i uuie wus a Ke b - tho occurrence and was overwhelmed take a warrant for his brother. Did
i»f niils by uie window; be jumped out by; J;\, v flj 0 ooc.isior. and waa not. in ■ ! r.ot state what kind of ft warrant. He
dlUon ..c iiamoof mind -' . ' ■ d me this in the conversation be-
I ruu up und through the corn field, I don’t . to tho liBktwT. 4. UKl UOt 2xu;> W j xui 0 I'OtorOu
New Advertisements.
For Ordinary.
\7k are authorized to an arm uot.* )l. Lind-
Ht*y as n candidate for re-vlection to the pu
sitiou of Ordinary of Witkinnon coanty, at
the election iu January non. (nov.22t»lc.
Bring in your old Chairs. \
A ND lt.ve t' .m tu.-l" Kuodiisnvw. I tm.»
now it splsndid lot or Catiu, .ml o»n iu
bottom them in short orJc-r. 9
W. H. YOUNORLOOD.
ti»ndersvillc, G»., Nov. 'JJ - ti
Strayed,
F ROM the subscriber, a dark Bay llule fc
about six years ol-J, and having a white
riiiR around his right fore t'oor caitssd Irom
a rope, .luy onh taking him up and giving
me information so that I can, get linn, will Be
lihovally rewardod. .4: u BABIES
7hnniUe, Nov 22 -tf
Valuable Plantatiaw lor Sale.
rnilK undersigned olTers for ^nle thatde;u-
X Hirable plantation situated partly witfiin.
the corporate limits of Sanderayilla and on
which she now resides. The plantation oon-
tftins 2M8.J acres, highly pro«luctivo, about
two-thirds cleared nnd in a good state of ou! ■
tivatum, the remainder w(»ll timbered, uu.i
lying well. The dwelling contain, six good
rooms, with all neceftriary out Buildings at-
laelicd. uxcollcnt Water and eBoioe fruit.—*
7erius» nasonabio.
' EfJZ YBlvrH KELLY.
Saudcravilh*. Oa.,’Nov'. 22,1 <S72—-t